June 29, 2022 – The recent decision by the United States Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs Wade has elicited intense emotions ranging from elation to despair. Given the gravity of the matter, the nuance of the perspective on this subject in Jewish law, and the fierce division of the American public regarding this issue, the Rabbinical Continue Reading »
The Rabbinical Council of America, the leading membership organization of orthodox rabbis in North America, strongly opposes parts of The Reproductive Health Act, New York State’s recently adopted legislation on abortion. The New York law permits abortion when “the patient is within twenty-four weeks from the commencement of pregnancy, or there is an absence of Continue Reading »
Jun 1, 1990 — Abortion The Rabbinical Council of America in Convention assembledTakes note of the different values of the many religious communities in America that are often at variance with one another, in the nature of a politically pluralistic society;Is aware that the question of abortion is currently in the forefront of moral concerns in Continue Reading »